Electric valve control



May 29, 1928. l l 1,671,409

J. cRoMlE ELECTRIC VALVE CONTROL Filed Nov. 5, 1925 nur MAQ

`Patented May 29, 1928. l n

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JAMES CROME. oF PASADENA; CALIFORNA.

ELECTRIC VALVE covvnon.

Appuootioofiioq November 5,- 1925. sonal No. 613159.

This invention iela'tes to improvements in Fig. 1 0 Vis a view ktaken on tbe line electric yvalve controls. of Fig. 3 ivhen the stein is iii the position An objectb the invention is to provide siliOfiV'n Fig. 'A8,

an improved valve adapted to con'tol the 111g-, 11 is o View token oo uio noo 7;- 7 of' o 'loWof fuel to a suitable burner and which Fig. 3 when the stem is in the position 55 is opeiable `by opening `and closing si. ievSliofvvn in Fig. 8, moiety oooiod Switch. or Fig.. 12 151e difoo'oiooi Solomon through Anotliei-.objectof the invention is to pothev stein vvlien in the position to cause a vide van electrically operated valve of immediiirn fi'r'e to burn. M 1U proved construction. .I Figs. 13, 111 find 1.5 are sectional vievvs 60 A fuit-hei' object of the invention is to talgen npon ythe lines g 6 5@ and 7-.7 provide a valve hzlving a body in wvliich L ie'spec'tivelyiipoii F d. 3 4W'lieii the. stein `*is i stein is rotatably. mounted7 which stein is so 111 th 'POS'OI SllOWIlf Fig'. l2; f constructed that .upon rotation rvnious FQ".y 16 is e .diametriczil section through. quantities of fuel can be supplied to the stern vvlien in theposition-causinga llow 65 burner, thus permitting a lon", medium yor inepto burn,y p I high fire to be controlled by the valve.v p Figs. 17, 18` 'and 19 are sectionzil views A still ifnitliei object of the invention is taken iijoon'flle line 545 6 6 and 7 to provide anv indicating meclinism for inrespectively upon Fig'. 3 when tliestein is in 2U dicating which kind of iie is burning at the th.p@Sitio'Il S'liOWilV4 16., 'l 70 remotely ylocated sivitc'h. vFlg- 20 1S 2L dlilgllli'lltcl V10/W. lli1$- Y With the foregoing ond other objoo'ts v11o noting the position of moco-moois ooo-` vieW which will be made manifest in the ol- Stitntig a Vpart of the indicating System lowing detailed desciption and lspeciiicolly willen the Stein. is the pStI SlOWl l pointed out in the appended claims, reffei- Fig.; 8 ciusuig neto burn, 75 e110@ is OAthQILQCOIDPQ'IiYHg drawings 21 13.21 SlIlllllVl/W t0 Fig.' 20 `1l`lVL1S- for in illustative embodimento the inveiitltlfg th@ POSO olf the CmaCtS when L tion, wherein: t 'Iiediiiin fire is cns'ed to biiimiind f l Figure 1 mayv be consideed as a top pln 22 S a lflGW Similar t0 Fig:- QJ HUS- view of he impoved lelectidc valve controla ti'atlng tlie positions tlen kwhen u` low fine 80` Fig. 2 is a fiont `elevtion of thevalve 1S Caused to burn. I

contiol, the cover ofKt'liewcs'ingi being ietutlie/ ccornpenying dttivings moved so as @illustrate its mter''or; wherein slmllar reference characters desig- Fig. 3 muy be c onsiclerecl-s sectional nteosiinilzii parts thioughoiit, the improved S5 view taken substantially on the line 3--3l (if Aelecti'ic valve control consists of a casingr 85 Fig. l, .A liaviiign ifemovsible covei o1* -y'font Well Fig. 4 is perspective View of the iin- 11- In this c'iisingtheie is mounted a valve pioved vlve cont1ol body 12 which has its ends intenally o Ffg. 51s' zi sectional 'View taken `sulostziniilll'emlofl, als indicated *at 13,101. at'lng 40 tially' ontlie line of Fig; p lo u /iiiel supply In the body therego Fig. '6 is av sectional View taken on the line is rotatable a stein 14.-, i 11nd tliieeV panallel f G- of Fig. 3, i boies 151j6`and 17 aeformeld in the body Fig. 7 is, fi sectional lvievv taken on tlie liii'e 12in a plane :passing through the axis of 7`7 of 3, i Vtliewstern 14.-. The. fuel passing tmiioug'liy tlie L5 F ig. S is a diine'tific'ol section tliiugh `fuelline is cansed to pss tlingli one Vo1 g5 the stem when in 'the position ici buini'ngi u moreof tliese boesvvhen tlie valve is openy i liigli li1e; y :ind vtlie'ilovv tliougli tlie vaiious boies is Fil 9j is section taken on the line 13%5 idjns/ted by Ineens of set sci'evfs 18. r"1n the y of Fig. 3 when the stein the position is stein 1 4 ytlieiea-re a. `pluralityy of'diainetriczil show/'.11 in ,Fg- 8, l passages, which lineages or@ Gamble .Qi 1,99

' 'll he being brought into register with the various bores 15, 16 and 17, permitting fuel to flow through the bores.

The passages through the stem are arranged as follows: In the plane represented by the line 5-5 upon Fig.- 3 there is merely a single diametricalpassage' indicated at 19. In ythe plane represented bythe line 6,-6 upon Fig. 3 there are formed three diametrical passages 20, 21 land 22.k The passage is arranged parallel to the passage 19, and the passages 21 and 22 Aintersect with each other and with the passage 20. The three diametrical passages 20, 21

and 22 are `angularly spaced from each other, preferably'at about 45 deg. In the v plane represented by the line 7 7upon Fig.

- the fact that the passages 24 and 21` are parallel, it is possible to rotate the stem into Vsuch a position that only the bores 15 and `16 are open. As thereis no passage `parallel to the passage 22,` when this passage is brought into registration, only the bore 16 lwill be openl` the other two bores being closed. As the various passages through lthe steni arearranged at deg.` from each other, there isv left on they peripheral `'surface of the stem sufficient surface to close all of the bores 15,." 16 and 17, this being` shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7. From the above described constructionit will be understood that upon rotation of the stem 14ahig'h lfire, a medium fire or a low tire can be caused to burn or the fire can be completely turned y out.

As a means for rotating the stein 14 there lis. mounted within the casing 10 a solenoid core 26 has one end s lidable into the solenoid 25 and has'the other endslidable in an aperture formed in the casing 10.

The solenoid 25v is adapted to be energized. byv a remotely located switch indicated in the wiring diagram upon Fig. 2. Then it is energized it causes the coi'e 26 to be drawn .into it,y vand such movement of the core 26'is adjustable by means of a screw 27 held in place by means of a jam nut as clearly shown on Fig.i2. The core 26 car- Vries a pin 28 which is rigidly mounted upon it, and which normally assumes an' inclined position with respect to the axis of the stem 14. Fastened to this pinis `a coil spring 29 which is fastened tothe interior of thev casing 10. rlhe coil vspring`29 serves to return the core 26 to itsnormal position, and

i its the returning movement is limited by a stop 30. On theforward end of the stein 14V there is mounted a ratchet wheel 31 shown as being provided with eight teeth because of the fact that there are four possible positions in half a revolution which the .stemk vrotate the stem 14 is as follows: then the solenoid 25 is energized the core 26V .slides into'it, stretching the coil spring 29." vThe ypin '28 engages one of the ratchet teeth` and causes the ratchet wheel yto rotate oneeighth of a revolution. By the arrange.-

ment of parts the pin 23m vswinging the ratchet wheel isr caused 'to swing from its inclined position to a positiony which ,is hori-k zontal or parallelto the axis ofthe stein 14. When the ratchet wheel has been-so swung, the back-up pawl 32fengages the neXt successive tooth and prevents reverse rotation of the ratchet wheel. Upon cle-energizing the solenoid 25 or breaking the electric circuit throughy it byopening the remotely located switch, the spring 29 retracts or withdraws the 4core 26 from within. `the solenoid. At the samel time it `produces rotation of the core 26, swinging `thepininto initial inclined posit-ion. 'Obviously upon each successive closingof the remotely located switch, the stem 14will be rotated one-eighth of a revolution.

The indicating mechanism for indicating at the remotely located switch the vposition of the stem `14 and consequently what firek is burning consists of vthe 'following' structure. On the forward faceof the ratchetwheel 31 there are arrangedfourprojecting pins 33, 34, 35 and 36. Thesel proj ectiiig pins are arrangedupon the same circumference as indicated by the dash line upon Fig.` `2 about the center of the stem Two other projecting pins 37 and 33 are also provided upon the ratchet `wheel 31,`but these projecting pins :ire arranged upon a circumference disposed within the circumference on which thenjjiins 33, 34, 35v and 3 are arranged. The pins 34, 37, 36 and 38 are all of the same lengt-li and are loi'iger' or project farther than the pins 33 and 35. A resilient stationary contact 39 is arranged so that because of its natural resiliency, it

is lapproximately tangent to the inner rcircumference on which. the pins 37 and 38 are arranged-` A stationary contact '40is also mounted within the casing 1() and isso arranged that because of its natural resiliency, it vwill normally assume a position approximately tangent te the outer circuun loo In the position shown in Fig. 2,

mui/409 :terence on `Wlaich the pinsyBB, 34, 35 and arearranged, so that itfWillfengage the pins 33, v34, 35 and 36, but will not engage the pins 37 and 38. As indicated in Fig. 3, the stationary contaet'BQis so'arranged thatthe short pins 33 and 35 can pass beneath yit Without engaging it, 4While the Contact 4t) is arranged closerftol the ltace ot the ratchet Wheel so vthat itcan engagecertain oilhe long as Well as the 'short pins. ltivill be kept in mind, however, thateven though the pins 87 and 8S are long pins, they are arranged upon 'the inside circumference so thatthey will not-engage thecontactat-f) .regardless ot' their` length. The .stationary contact 39 is connected through a redlamp indicated at 41, which islocated adjacent the remotely located switch. The red lamp in circuit with a suitable source ot electric current indicated, for example, by the scc'- ondary coil of al transformer one endl of Which is grounded With respect tothe casing 10. Ina similar manner the Contact 40 is connected in circuit Wit-ha White lamp42 located vadjacent the remotely located switch. ivherein the bores 15,16 and 17 are all closed, the contacts 439 and 40 are not engaging anyof the pins on the ratchet Wheel. Onclosing the remotely located switch, the core .2Gr will cause the stem 14 and the ratchet Wheel 31v toiotate one-eighth of a revolution, andbecause of the arrangement of the passages in the stem the iirsteighth ot a revolution will cause all of the bores 15, 16 and l17 to .be Simultaneously opened. The pins 34 .and

3G Will be so formed that they will be brought opposite the contacts 39 and 40, and because of the tact that bothof the pins are long pins, both contacts will lic-engaged, thus closing the circuit through both of theilamps the position shown in Fig. 21.

41 and 42, indicating that a high tire burning. This is' indicated in Fig.20. y

When the remotely llocated switch is lagain closedthel stem 14 and'ftheratchet Wheel will beca-used to rotate a second eighth of a revolution, bringing the passagesv21 and r24 into register with the bores 16 and 15, causing a medium fire to burn. 1n such a position the ratchet Wheel will have lmoved into `As thepin 3S is a,` short pin it will not engage lthe contact 39, but will be positioned beneath it, so that the circuit through the red lamp 41 will not be closed. The pin 35, however. eventhouglji' v, it is a shortv pin, Will engage the Contact 40 causing the circuit through the white lamp 42 to close and thus indicate that a medium lire is burning. y H

During the next eighth of a revolution of the stem 14 only the passage 22 Willjbe broughtinto register with abore, namely, .n n l slidable into saidsolenoid 'upon 'its energithebore 1,6, causing a 10W lire to burn.; 1n such a position tliepins assume the position shown in Fig. 22, ln'this position the pin .37 is opposite thecontact 39e-nd the pinf is opposite the contact 40. The-pinBS, hovvever, being on aninside circumference' will not ien'gagevthecontact, 4.0 even though it isv a long pin. The pin 37 beinga long pm but valso :being located on the inside circumterence engages the contact B9, so that the circuit through thered lamp 41 is the only one which is closed, indicating a low lire..

During the next eighth of a revolution,

which' brings lthe stein and ratchetivheel `into a position '180 deg. from .thescposition shoi'vn in Fig. v2, bothpoffthe contacts BQaud 4() will be disengaged, soy that-'the circuits 'through the lamps 41 and 42 .will both be gapen, so that neither lamp will burn and thus indi-cate Athat Itherer is nohrel burning.

It will be noted that the various pins are y arranged diametrically opposite, or are 1n symmetrical relation with respect to the center of the ratchet Wheel, so that during the last halt' ot' a complete revolution, the same cycle of events occurs. The ,end of the stem 14 preferably projects through the cover11 upon the casing and is provided .with -apointer 43. On the cover there may be suitable indicia, such as are shoivnu'pon Fig. 4; The end of the core 26 "preferably f extends through the side ivallvofthe casing l10 a considerable distance so that it is possible control is provided consietingjof a rota-table stem having animproved electro-magnetic means for rotating it. Furthermore, the single stein upon rotationis capable oit producing various iiames, and lastly that the indicating mechanism will indicate the position of the stem in the valve body.12.

It will be understood that various changes may be made in the detail ot constructionk without departing .from the spirit orscope ot the invention as delined inthe appended claims. i

lclaim: y 'y 1. A valve control comprising a bodylia-ving av bore therethrough, stem rotatable in said body having means for passing various quantitiesv ot liquid adaptedto be brought into` register With said bore a`ratchet yWheel mounted upon said stem, a solenoid adapted to be energizedto actuate `the stern, a core nation, andv a' projection rigid with said core engageabie apen the teeth of .the ratCh'et the core 26 into the solenoid by apply.-

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n gageable upon the teeth of the ratchet wheel, aur

wheel, whereby `it is necessary for the core to partiallyv rotate in causing rotation of( the n ratchet wheel.

2. A valve control comprising a body having a bore therethrough, a stem rotatable in said body having means for passing various quantities of liquid adapted to be brought into register with said bore, a ratehetwheel 4mounted upon said stein, a solenoid adapted to be energized to actuate the stem, a core slidableinto said solenoid upon its energization, projection rigid with said core engageable upon'the teeth of the ratchet wheel, whereby it is necessary for the core to partially rotate in causing rotation vof vthe ratchet wheel, and a spring for withdrawing the core and ieversely rotating it into its initial position when the circuit through the solenoid is broken.

3. A valve control comprising a body having a bore therethrough, a stem rotatable in said body having means toepassing various quantitiesof liquid adapted to be brought into register with saidbore, a ratchet wheel mounted upon said stem, a solenoid adapted to be energized to actuate the stem, a core slidable into said solenoid upon its energization, a projection rigid with said core enwhereby it is necessary for the core to partially rotate in causing rotation of the l ratchet wheel, a spring for withdrawing the core and reversely rotating it into its initial position when the circuit through the solenoid is broken, and a vback-up pawl engageable upon the ratchet wheel for preventing reverse rotation et the ratchet wheel and stem during the return of the core to its initial position'. v i l l 4. A valve comprising a body having three parallel. bores therethrough, a stem rotatable in saidbodyhaving three parallel diametrical passages therethrough and a pair of diakmeti-ical passages therethrough which are in the same planes as. but not parallelto two ofthe mentioned three passages, whereby the pair of passages may be caused to simultaneously register with two of said bores or the three passages may be caused to simultaneously7 register with said bores upon rotation .of said stem'- 5. `A valve comprising a body having three parallel bores therethrough, a stem rotatable in said body having three parallel diametrical passages therethrough and .a pair of diametrical passages therethrough which are in the ysame planes as, but not parallel to two of the mentioned three passages, whereby the pair of passages may be caused to simultaneously register with two of said bores or thethree passages may be caused to simultaneously register with said bores upon rotation of said. stem, and electro-magnetic means for rotating said stem. from one position to anotherv 6. A valve comprising a body'having three parallel bores therethrough, a stem rotatable in said body having three parallel diametrical passages therethrough and a vpair of diametrical passagestherethrough which are in the same planes as, but not parallel to two of the mentioned three passages, thereV being another diametrical passage formed in said stem in the same plane with two of the mentioned passages which ai'e in the same plane but ywhich are not parallel, said passages being so arranged that upon rotation ofthe stem the last mentioned passage may ybe caused to 'register' alonev with one of said bores or the pair of passages may be caused to simultaneously register with two of the bores or the three parallel passages may be caused to register with the three bores. f r 7. A valve comprising a body having three parallel bores therethrough, a. stem rotatable in said body having three parallel diametrical passages therethrough and a pair of Aparallel diametrical passages therethrough which are in the` same planes as, but not'par'- allel to two of the mentioned three passages, there being another diametrical passage formed in said stem in the same plane with two of thementioned passages which aie in. the same plane but which are not parallel, said passages being so arranged that lupon rotation of the stem the last mentioned pas- Y parallel bores therethrough, a stem rotatable in said body having three parallel diametrical passages therethrough and a pair yoi diametrical passages therethrough which are in the same planes as, rbutnot parallel to two of the mentioned three passages, there being another diametrical passage formed in said stem in the same plane with two ot' the mentioned passages which are in the same plane but which are not parallel, said passages being so arranged that upon rotation of the stem the last lmentioned passage may: be caused to register alone with one ofsaid bores v orthe pair of passages may be causedto simultaneously register with two of the bores or the three parallel passages maybe caused to registervwith the three bores` and electromagnetic means for rotating said stem from n `one position to another.

9. A valve comprising a body having a plurality of bores therethrough, a stem ro-. tatable in said body, saidstem having a plurality of passages therethrough, said passages being so arranged that upon rotation ofthe stem all of the bores will first be a flange upon said stem, pins providing contacts projecting from a side face of said ilange, some of said pins being shorter than others, a stationary contact engageable only upon certain of said long pins, a second stationary contact engageable upon the short and certain of the long pins, said stationary contacts being adapted to beconnected to an indicating device so that the number of bores Which are open may be remotely determined and electro-magnetic meansv for rotating said stein. v

10. An electric valve control comprising a body having a bore therethrough, a stem rotatable in said body having a passage therethrough adapted to be brought into register with said bore, means providing projections upon said stem, a solenoid, and a core slidable into said solenoid, said core having a projection rigid therewith engageable upon the projections on said stem so as to producek rotation of the stem When the core is attracted by said solenoid f ll. An electric valve control comprisingv a bodyhaving a bore therethrough, a stem ister with said bore, means providing pro-.-

jections upon Vsaid stem, a solenoid, core slidahle into said solenoid, said core having a projection rigid therewith engageable upon the projections on said stem so as to produce rotation of the stem when the core is attracted by said solenoid, and a back-up pawl engageable upon the projections on said stein for preventing reverse rotation of the stein.

In testimony whereof I name to this specification.

J AMES CROMIE.

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